{"id":726,"date":"2009-11-11T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pluginamerica.eh\/battery-recycling\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:59:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:59:21","slug":"battery-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pluginamerica.org\/battery-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally a more concrete example of automaker plans to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greencarcongress.com\/2009\/10\/4r-20091020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recycle batteries<\/a>. And it appears that Nissan Motor Company is leading the &#8220;pack&#8221; (so to speak)<\/p>\n<p>Nissan will form a joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation to recycle lithium ion batteries for the new EV kid on the block &#8212; the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nissanusa.com\/leaf-electric-car\/#\/car\/index\">Nissan LEAF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest upsides to automotive battery recycling is that it could make electric cars more affordable &#8212; not to mention greener. The Nissan \/ Sumitomo alliance also represents an example of Nissan&#8217;s effort to catch up with such rivals as Honda and Toyota whose main fuel-economy focus has been aimed at gasoline-electric hybrids. Recycled batteries may be put to use as photo-voltaic solar storage units or to store back-up power.<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allcarselectric.com\/blog\/1033848_2011-nissan-leaf-batteries\">lithium-ion batteries<\/a> &#8212; at least the ones that Nissan will be using in the LEAF&#8211; will keep up to 80% capacity&#8211;even after a ten-year life span in an electric car. Now that&#8217;s something to get all charged up about.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/pluginamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/6a0120a635cd9d970c0120a677d817970b-pi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a0120a635cd9d970c0120a677d817970b \" style=\"width: 400px;\" title=\"Nissan LEAF Battery Pack\" src=\"https:\/\/pluginamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/6a0120a635cd9d970c0120a677d817970b-pi.jpg\" alt=\"Nissan LEAF Battery Pack\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>LEAF Battery Pack<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Posted by Linda Nicholes, Plug In America board member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally a more concrete example of automaker plans to recycle batteries. 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